are the large files.
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### Author:  [@mh](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/mh)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/8 "2020-12-08T14:10:02Z")
If I add this remote project ref to an iOS project, should it fail to link, out of the box? it doesn’t, here…
that said, the file isn not the proper binary:
```auto
➜ Cherry:~/Library/Application Support/RemObjects Software/EBuild/Packages/EBuild/github.com.mosh.ImportSolution/Realm/iOS/Realm.framework git:(master) # file Realm
Realm: ASCII text
➜ Cherry:~/Library/Application Support/RemObjects Software/EBuild/Packages/EBuild/github.com.mosh.ImportSolution/Realm/iOS/Realm.framework git:(master) # cat Realm
version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
oid sha256:a45609d916076c16687afe4214914020f710e08525ea788f5900b9dd461e2b4a
size 119156892
➜ Cherry:~/Library/Application Support/RemObjects Software/EBuild/Packages/EBuild/github.com.mosh.ImportSolution/Realm/iOS/Realm.framework git:(master) #
```
however, `git ofd install` does not seem to be a valid command; I assume I’d need to install this [https://git-lfs.github.com](https://git-lfs.github.com) first? I’m hesitant to do this right now, as I understand it could potentially affect all git repros (also, it uses brew, which isn’t supported on Apple Silicon yet)…
What I can do is implement the following changes “blind”, assuming you can confirm the exact commands/folders:
- after checkout, if `./git/lfs` exists as a folder on disk, I will run `git lfs pull` after each regular pull.
With the, I assume an initial build (ie a clean checkout) would still fail the first time, until there user activates LFS for the repo manually (no way to detect that automatically, really?), but once it’s done, subsequent builds should pull correctly.
how does that sound?
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### Author:  [@JohnMoshakis](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/JohnMoshakis)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/9 "2020-12-08T20:17:39Z")
> [@mh](#):
>
> `git ofd install`
Its git lfs install and yes you need to install lfs from [https://git-lfs.github.com](https://git-lfs.github.com/)
I think when you initially clone you would need to call git lfs install, and then each time you pull do a git lfs pull.
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### Author:  [@mh](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/mh)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/10 "2020-12-10T11:57:09Z")
> [@JohnMoshakis](#):
>
> I think when you initially clone you would need to call git lfs install,
But how would I know when to do that?
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### Author:  [@JohnMoshakis](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/JohnMoshakis)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/11 "2020-12-10T12:24:11Z")
Yes thats true. Would it be possible to add an attribute ?
```
True
True
```
Then you also wouldnt need to check for the lfs folder
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### Author:  [@mh](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/mh)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/12 "2020-12-10T12:35:43Z")
> [@JohnMoshakis](#):
>
> Yes thats true. Would it be possible to add an attribute ?
I can do that. SO if thats present, I do `lsf install` on clone and `lfs pull` on pull. Will add for tomorrow (blind), let me know how it goes,.
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### Author:  [@mh](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/mh)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/13 "2020-12-10T12:47:29Z")
Done. the setting will be `True`, upper-case.
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### Author:  [@JohnMoshakis](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/JohnMoshakis)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/14 "2020-12-10T13:11:29Z")
I just need to download an upcoming zip file ?
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### Author:  [@mh](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/mh)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/15 "2020-12-10T13:11:59Z")
It’s merged now, so the next build should have this, yes.
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### Author:  [@JohnMoshakis](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/JohnMoshakis)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/16 "2020-12-11T03:36:33Z")
If I delete the repo and build I get this
> git: Updating files: 100% (2795/2795), done.
> git: Already on ‘master’
> git: Your branch is up to date with ‘origin/master’.
> git: WARNING: error running /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/libexec/git-core/git ‘config’ ‘–global’ ‘–replace-all’ ‘filter.lfs.clean’ ‘git-lfs clean – %f’: ‘fatal: $HOME not set’ ‘exit status 128’
> git: Run `git lfs install --force` to reset git config.
> E: There was a problem obtaining remote project ‘[github.com/mosh/ImportSolution/Realm.elements:\*](http://github.com/mosh/ImportSolution/Realm.elements:*)’ referenced from ‘RealmiOSApplication’.
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### Author:  [@mh](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/mh)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/17 "2020-12-11T12:10:09Z")
> [@JohnMoshakis](#):
>
> git: WARNING: error running /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/libexec/git-core/git ‘config’ ‘–global’ ‘–replace-all’ ‘filter.lfs.clean’ ‘git-lfs clean – %f’: ‘fatal: $HOME not set’ ‘exit status 128’
> git: Run `git lfs install --force` to reset git config.
Ok, what does that mean for us, should I always use `--force`, jic?
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### Author:  [@JohnMoshakis](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/JohnMoshakis)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/18 "2020-12-11T15:49:26Z")
I don’t think so.
Previously I deleted the folder and did a build. I then went into the folder and did a git lfs install, followed by a git lfs pull. After that a build would be successful.
Are you running any lfs commands before the lfs install ?
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### Author:  [@mh](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/mh)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/19 "2020-12-11T16:30:36Z")
> [@JohnMoshakis](#):
>
> Are you running any lfs commands before the lfs install ?
No.
```auto
if lFolder.FolderExists then begin
if Path.Combine(lFolder, ".git").FolderExists then begin
aContext.Logger.LogDetail($"Pulling {aUrl} to {lFolder}");
if not RunGit(aContext, ["checkout", aBranch], lFolder) then exit false;
if not RunGit(aContext, ["pull"], lFolder) then begin
aContext.Logger.Warning("Pull for git repository {0} failed.", aUrl);
if aForcePull then
exit false;
end;
if aLFS then
if not RunGit(aContext, ["lfs", "pull"], lFolder) then exit false;
end
else begin
aContext.Logger.Error($"Folder '{lFolder}' already exists, but is not a git repository.");
exit false;
end;
end
else begin
aContext.Logger.LogDetail($"Cloning {aUrl} to {lFolder}");
if not RunGit(aContext, ["clone", aUrl, lFolder]) then exit false;
if not RunGit(aContext, ["checkout", aBranch], lFolder) then exit false;
if aLFS then begin
if not RunGit(aContext, ["lfs", "install", "--force"], lFolder) then exit false; // --force added now
if not RunGit(aContext, ["lfs", "pull"], lFolder) then exit false;
end;
end;
```
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### Author:  [@JohnMoshakis](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/JohnMoshakis)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/remote-projects-with-git-lfs/23612/20 "2020-12-12T01:14:05Z")
Where is filter.lfs.clean’ ‘git-lfs clean coming from ?
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